The perpetual calendar complication has found its way into a many different IWC models since it was developed by Kurt Klaus in the 1980s. In the Big Pilot collection family, into which it made its first appearance in 2006 (a… Read More ›
Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Panerai Submersible eLAB-ID PAM1225
Last year there had been some talk in the air about Panerai doing something very interesting in terms of sustainability and recycled material, and so it has come to be. If you read ‘LAB-ID’ you know that it’s going to… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Hermès Arceau Pocket Aaaaargh!
Introduced by Hermès at Watches & Wonders 2021, the pièce unique Arceau Pocket Aaaaargh! pocket watch, featuring the T-Rex from the silk scarf of the same name designed by Alice Shirley, may have seemed slightly familiar. Familiar not just because… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Chanel Electro
Colour is again the theme of this post about Watches & Wonders 2021 releases, but manifested in a very different manner to the previous post. For the newly launched Electro Capsule Collection Arnaud Chastaingt, Chanel’s Director of the Studio de… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Zenith DEFY 21 Spectrum
The colours one associates with Zenith Defys tend to be, by and large, more muted in tone – greys, blues, white, black, silver, perhaps a foray into green or purple. They aren’t averse to colour, they’ve just not gone ‘all… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Cartier Tank Must SolarBeat & Monochrome
Some of you reading this may have been young(er) adults when Cartier launched the Must concept in the 1970s, but some also likely to have been kids of the 1970s and 1980s with a vague awareness or recollection of having… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1 Moon Phase
First unveiled in 2009, the Little Lange 1 Moon Phase is the smaller sibling of the Lange 1 Moon Phase. Previously available with a guilloché dial, as well as special anniversary models, it now finds itself given a rather suitable… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Patek Philippe new Nautilus models
It would be remiss of me not to note that the colour green did make some appearances during Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021. It would also be remiss of me not to mention that Patek Philippe released four new Nautilus… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Piaget Ultimate Concept “Tribute to La Côte-aux-Fées”
Last year Piaget won the “Aiguille d’Or” at 2020’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) for the Altiplano Ultimate Concept, a watch whose prototype was a standout at the SIHH 2018. At 2mm thick the thinnest mechanical watch in the… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Baume & Mercier Riviera Collection
The last post was about a watch whose dial seemed (to me at least) a bit 1970s-inspired. This is about the revival of a design that actually is – the Riviera, launched in 1973, is Baume & Mercier’s Watches &… Read More ›
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